Nashville Christian coach Jeff Brothers talks to his team during a timeout against Jo Byrns at Nashville Christian Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 in Nashville, TN. 1027-nashchristian

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Maurice Patton
| The Tennessean

Nashville Christian will forfeit its season-opening 55-26 victory over Harpeth after finding that one of its players was academically ineligible.

The player completed 4.5 credits during the 2012-13 school year, leaving him a half-credit short of the five required by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.

"He had to take some summer school, and those grades weren't available by the first day of school," Nashville Christian coach Jeff Brothers said. "We later found out that one of his classes he only received a half-credit for, which made him academically ineligible. We ...